Carburetor



Jan. 3, 1928.

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w. o. KEELING CARBURETOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 28, 1925 IZZCZfZk/y Patented Jan. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES P WILLIAM omvnn KEELING, or;

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA.

OARBURETOB.

Application filed September as,- 1925. serial No. 59,112.

This invention gas from low grade gasoline and cold air making plantsmay be con-' so that small gas structed and used in houses or smallshops in conjunction with the standard gas lconsuming apparatusmanufactured for using the standard gas as produced in large cities.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a structu of theabove mentioned character, which will produce stand ard test'gasoperating on the principle of absorption in which air forms theabsorbing agent for the gasoline.

Another object of the invention resides in providing an apparatusincluding a combined absorption chamber and dehydrater in which thestructure for producing the absorption of the gasoline by the air andthe dehydration thereof to produce a dry gas of standard test are ofspecially constructed character to permit the ready assemblage of theparts.

The invention also comprehends other objects and improvements in thedetails ofv construction and arrangement of parts which are moreparticularly pointed out-in the following detailed description and inthe 7,

claims directed to a preferred form of the invention. various changesmay be made in the size, shape, construction and arrangement of theparts without departing scope of the invention as herein set forth.

In the drawings forming part of this application,

Figure 1 is a side elevationlof the inter connected apparatus forming acarbureting and storing machine which is shown enclosed within asuitable housing shown in section. v

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View through the absorberand dehydrater.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of one of the trays.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail perspective of one portion of one of thetrays illustrating particularly the manner of securing the baffle andbreaker material in the chambers or pockets of the trays.

It has heretofore been proposed to pro-.

it being understood however that -5 is supplied from the spirit or Iduce carbureting devices of the character somewhat similar to thepresent construction, but which operate on an entirely differentprinciple, namely, that of producing the gas by vaporization oraeration. It has been found, however, from practical experimentationthat in order to produce standard test gas comparing with that used 1nilluminating systems in large cities, it is necessary to use high testgasoline usually of 82 Baurn specificgravity. These known devices willnot operate successfully with a low grade of gasoline ity of 68 lBaum.The present mvention 1nvolv-es the use of the principle of absorptionfor the production of high test gas from as to produce a fire proofcontainer. The

carbureti'ng apparatus constructed in accordance with this inventionincludes a suitableframe work 3 having a plate 4 0n the top thereof onwhich is mounted a suitable electric motor 5 having air compressor sothat in the operation of the motor the air compressor will be operatedin a well known manner for compressing air to be forced through the pipe8. The motor with current from a suitable gas operated cated at 9.

A combined absorption chamber and dehydrater is indicated which includesan open top casingll on which is secured a suitable cover 12 in air andliquid-tight relation in any suitable manner. This housing 11 isprovided with an inlet pipe 13 through which gasoline may be suitablysupplied thereto and which is adapted to be filled to the level of thepetcock 14:, while a petcock 15 is mounted in the bottom of the tank topermit the draining of the housing when desired. a

- A plurality of trays indicated at 16, 17, 18 and 19 respectively andof similar construction, are mounted in inverted relation within thehousing 11 as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3 for a purpose now tobedescribed. Each of these trays comprises wall portion 20, and side walls21, and one end wall 22. 'The tray 18 has the end wall having a specificgravprovidedin'one end w1th a suitable door or doors indicated by,

by the numeral 10 ahorizontal a belt connection 6 with the pulleythereof and a pulley on a suitable 35 switch structure which is indi-Ill) thereof extended substantially beyond the lower edges of the sidewalls as indicated at they may be termed for the by the numeral 26. Thebaflle material used in connection with this invention consistspreferably of a plurality of lengths of short rope of a. suitablecharacter adapted for posit-ioning vertically within the tray in com- 1pa'ct relation as. illustrated bytheenlarged perspective view in Fig. 5.These rope sections or fragments are secured to the horiv zontal wallsor portions of the trays by being provided with suitable cementitiousmaterial as indicated'by the numeral 27 on the ends thereof which areinserted into contact with the horizontal wall 20 so that thiscementitious material will harden after the insertion of the ropesections into the pockets housin and effectively retain the sametherein.

The enclosed ends of each adjacent tray pro essingupwardly from thebottom of the casing are positioned in reverse relation with respect tothe remaining trays as clearly illustrated by Fig. 2 so as to provide aair: cuitous and zig-zag upward passage from the bottom of the housingto the top portion thereof. As shown in Figs. 2 and, 3, onl

bafile material 26 while'the tray 19 is merely provided with partitionwalls 24 and the pockets thereof remain empty. The trays 16, 17 and 18form the absorption chamber portion of the device while the tray 19forms the dehydrating chamber so that all moisture in the mixtureabsorbed by the air passing through the housing-11 will be separatedfrom the dry gas which is contained within the gas chamber 28 in the topportion of .the 11. All'liquid gasoline separated from t e' absorptionproduct is returned by gravity to the absorber portion of the hous Thepipe 8 is connected as illustrated in Fig. 2through the provision of asuitable fitting as indicated at 29 with the chamber 25 at the closedend of the tray 16 so that the.compressed air is delivered to the firstabsorption pocket of the tray 16 from which itpassesthrough theperforated partition wall 24 toward the open end of said tray. Up'onleaving the open end of the tray 16 the air is forced upwardly aroundthe end of the tray into the end pocket of the'tray 17 and upon passingthrough the tra 17 moves outwardly around the open end t ereof intoabsorption material in the the tray 18 and subsequently after passingthrough the length of the tray 18 and the ockets' thereof enters intothe dehydratingc amber or tray 19. As the vapor passes through thischamber the liquid portion is separated by the partition wall 24 and isreturned to the absorber portion of the housing. The gas from thedehydrater thenpasses into the chamber 28 and is then in, asubstantially dry state and which will test up to the standard requiredfor illuminating gas such as is present in use in large cities and is incondition for efficient use with ordinary gas burning apparatus usingthe usual standard test gas as manufactured for illuminating purposes inlarge cities.

An outlet pipe 30 is connected with the cover 12 of the chamber toprovide a passage for the gas from the chamber 28 to a suitable stora ereceptacle 31. This receptacle may inclu e a movable dome 32 for containing a variable amount of gas therein under pressure in conjunction withthe stationary part 33 in which it is movable and suitably sealed topreventescape of the gas. Guides 34 may be, provided on the side of thestationary part 33 for guiding the movement of ofthe switch 9 so thatthe projections 36 thereon are adapted tolie above. and below the switchblade for closing the same and opening the same according to theposition y of movement of the dome 32 so asto autotrays 16, 17 and 18are provided with the matically maintain a constant supply of gasthrough the gas supply main 37 which ex-' character as used and wellknown in the art for the purposes above described.

A suitable controlling device is indicated at 38 for controlling the airsupplied to the absorber while a blow-oft valve 39 provides for therelease of excess pressure in'the outlet or air supply pipe generated inthe compressor.

In making gas in this apparatus, the air from the compressor enters thehousing 11 through the pipe 8 and is conducted below the level of thegasoline therein as indicated at 40 and to the bottom of the housingwhere it is forced into the tray 16. This air in passing throughthetrays 16, 17 and 18 is broken up by the packing 26 into minutely dividedform so that it will completely and fully absorb the gasoline within thesaid with'gasoline to provide a gas having the proper density and thecandle power and upon subsequent, passage through the dehydrating trayl9 any excess fuel Will be separated therefrom so that when the gaspasses into the chamber 28 it will be thoroughly dried, and in conditionfor use in standard gas burning apparatus. As heretofore set forth thisinvention produces standard candle power gas eiiiciently from gasolinehaving a specific gravity of 68 Baum. I

It will thus be seen from the above description that an etficientcarbureting apparatus has been produced which utilizes a combinedabsorber and dehydrator of simple construction which will efficientlyproduce absorption of gasoline by air and dehydrate the treated air ;toproduce a dry standard candle power gas.

Having thus described my invention, .What

I claim as new is v 1. A device for producing absorption of gasoline byair comprising a closed housing, a plurality of tray members mounted insu perimposed inverted position in said housing, said tray members beingopen at one end and at the top, said tray members being shorter than thehousing and having their open ends positioned in staggered relation withthe open ends of alternate trays and communicating with the open top ofthe tray next above adjacent the. closed end thereof to provide acontinuous circuitous passage from the bottom to the top ofsaid-housing,

an air inlet pipe communicating with the closed end of the bottom tray,a plurality of pieces of bafile material mounted in adjacent relationextending from the bottom to the top of the trays, and completelyfilling said trays, means securin said bafil .material in the trays,said bafii e material 0 structing the passage through said trays andadapted to be normally submerged in liquid fuel whereby air forcarburetion will be forced through the submerged baflie material andbroken up for absorption of the fuel to produce illuminating gas.

2. A device for producing absorption of gasoline by air comprising aclosed housing, a plurality of tray members mounted in superimposedinverted position in said housing, said tray members being open at oneend and at the top, said tray members being shorter than the housing andhaving their similar ends terminating in staggered rela tion, the openends of alternate trays communicating through the open top of the traynext above adjacent the closed end thereof to provide acontinuous-circuitous passage from the bottom to the top of saidhousing, an air inlet communicating with the closed end of the bottomtray, a plurality of rope sections mounted in compact adjacent relation,ex-

tending transversely of the passage through said trays and completelyfilling the trays to form an obstruction in said passage, means securingthe ends of the rope sections to the trays, said trays and rope materialbeing normally submerged in liquid fuel. whereby air forced through saidtrays will be broken 7 up into finely divided form to absorb said fuelfor producing illuminating gas.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM OLIVER KEELING.

